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Update: January 19
Evil Geniuses confirm Stewie2K signing
Official: Complexity sign Extra Salt roster with Grim, junior
ottoNd back in action with HAVU
Last Dance goes official
nitr0 makes CS:GO return with Liquid
Farlig goes into free agency
FURIA bid farewell to VINI
daps forms new roster under Orgless banner
00Nation unveil malbsMd as they part ways with trk
sdy completes MAD Lions roster
MAD Lions sign MICHU
SINNERS acquire forsyy, oskar out
flamie returns to competition with 1WIN
Apeks complete roster with STYKO
chawzyyy revealed as Apeks' fourth player
Sprout round out roster with 18-year-old Luxembourger Marix

Update: January 8
jkaem reunites with Apeks
Extra Salt release MarKE
Sprout sign Staehr
NBK returns to Counter-Strike with MOUZ
ENCE bench doto
FURIA announce addition of saffee
MOUZ name sycrone head coach
EG in talks with RUSH as valde negotiations break down - Report
Vitality sign Magisk, dupreeh, zonic
chrisJ released by MOUZ
Aleksib and nexa swap agreed - Report
tarik departs Evil Geniuses
coldzera joins 00Nation
SKADE sign bubble, dream3r
FaZe complete ropz transfer
G2 unveil m0NESY signing
MOUZ promote torzsi to main team

Update: January 1
EG target valde - Report
mithR parts ways with MOUZ, joins Apeks Rebels
Liquid confirm shox signing
ropz leaves MOUZ
Astralis confirm dupreeh, Magisk, zonic departure
SKADE transfer-list Duplicate
Sprout part ways with KEi
MAD Lions bench Woro2k and sausol

Update: December 27
BIG sign faveN in transfer of "unprecedented size in German CS"
Liquid confirm oSee signing

Update: December 25
Evil Geniuses confirm maLeK as new head coach
Copenhagen Flames to retain roster for 2022
Vitality bid farewell to shox
Grim, Stewie2K and FalleN removed from Liquid's starting lineup
Official: XTQZZZ leaves Vitality

Update: December 21
Sources: Complexity in talks to sign Extra Salt trio; add Grim, junior
device looking to return to Astralis - Report
G2 set to bring in XTQZZZ, in talks with Aleksib - Report
ropz nears FaZe move - Report
Extra Salt in talks to sign junior - Report
Renegades part ways with malta
Apeks announce nawwk as second player of new roster
LUCAS1 becomes free agent
fnatic release Golden
HEN1 announces free agency
m0NESY to G2 deal finalized - Report
flusha leaves GORILLAZ

Update: December 5
kassad enters free agency
Liquid close in on oSee - Report
Copenhagen Flames close to transfer to Complexity - Report
Complexity part ways with peacemaker
bubble and dream3r transfer-listed in Fiend

Update: November 30

NAF extends contract with Liquid
Jackinho released by fnatic
Dignitas sign pita as new head coach
VINI not in FURIA's plans for 2022
nitr0's Liquid return "close to a done deal" - Report

Update: November 17

Official: es3tag joins NIP

Update: November 16

maLeK out of G2
Report: es3tag to join NIP
sdy joins mir and chopper on Spirit transfer list

Update: November 11

Apeks set for a "fresh start" as they transfer-list four players
Dignitas and vENdetta part ways

Unlike most traditional sports and other esport games, Counter-Strike doesn't have a set transfer window within which teams buy, sell, or trade players. Transfer activity is usually higher during the summer and winter tournament breaks, but this year, we didn't witness many blockbuster moves.

apEX and zonic are reportedly going to cooperate in Vitality

Why is it starting to happen now? Well, the Majors in CS:GO are the ultimate goal. They are the events every player wants to qualify for, compete at, and ultimately, win. Organizations want to be there not only because Majors put eyeballs on their team and sponsors, but also due to the extensive financial injections they provide via in-game stickers.

The Regional Major Ranking point system, which punishes teams for making a change to their five-man lineup with 20% deduction, dissuaded some teams from making changes unless they were absolutely necessary. Others were happy with what they had, but underwhelming results in the lead up to PGL Major Stockholm or at the event changed their mind. Additionally, with the end of the year coming up soon, many player contracts are coming to an end, so swaps are unavoidable.

All of this combines for interesting changes listed in this article — which we will continue to update in the coming days.

Report: The big Brazilian reunion

FalleN and coldzera in talks to build Brazilian roster

The biggest talking point since the end of the Major has been the reported reunion of Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo and Marcelo "⁠coldzera⁠" David, first broken by Jaxon.

The same outlet claims that Complexity is considering signing the squad, with a piece of follow-up news linking Fernando "⁠fer⁠" Alvarenga and Lincoln "⁠fnx⁠" Lau to the project. Our editor Milan "⁠Striker⁠" Švejda doesn't like the idea.

Report: Magisk, dupreeh, zonic to Vitality

Vitality to overhaul roster with Astralis trio for 2022

Another bombshell was dropped shortly following the quarter-final elimination of Vitality from the PGL Major as 1pv.fr revealed that a French-Danish merger was on the cards.

Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon, Jayson "⁠Kyojin⁠" Nguyen Van, and coach Rémy "⁠XTQZZZ⁠" Quoniam are reportedly on their way out of the team, but are still expected to play out the rest of the year for Vitality. That is because Emil "⁠Magisk⁠" Reif, Peter "⁠dupreeh⁠" Rasmussen, and Danny "⁠zonic⁠" Sørensen will have to wait out for their Astralis contract to expire before taking on a new challenge in their career.

Evil Geniuses turn a new (old?) page

stanislaw, oBo, MICHU depart EG

The prime example of a team way past its expiry date, but still sticking together is Evil Geniuses. The move ended up paying off as they miraculously secured a spot at the Major, despite horrible form throughout the year.

Of course, at the actual event they stood no chance, and not long after going out 0-3 the organization announced sweeping changes in the team. Evil Geniuses is now down to three members: Tsvetelin "⁠CeRq⁠" Dimitrov, Vincent "⁠Brehze⁠" Cayonte, and coach Damian "⁠daps⁠" Steele - a core trio whose history dates back to 2017 and NRG. Peter "⁠stanislaw⁠" Jarguz, Owen "⁠oBo⁠" Schlatter, and Michał "⁠MICHU⁠" Müller have become free agents.

The NRG trio is all that is left on EG

FPX quintet up for sale

FunPlus Phoenix discontinue CS:GO division

A relevant team for the biggest part of the year, FunPlus Phoenix hit a rough patch during the summer and failed to qualify for the Major, effectively signing their own death sentence. The Chinese organization pulled out of CS not even a year after signing the team featuring Martin "⁠STYKO⁠" Styk and co., with all five players now on the transfer list.

Spirit to rebuild, mir and chopper exploring options

Spirit transfer-list mir, chopper
Spirit to rebuild roster: "The project's potential wasn't fully achieved"

The CIS side that peaked at #6 in the world early into 2021 had struggled to reach the same heights later in the year, with the inability to make the top 16 of PGL Major Stockholm being the final nail in the coffin for one of the longest-standing five-man rosters.

Spirit first announced that they would be rebuilding, with star rifler Nikolay "⁠mir⁠" Bityukov and IGL Leonid "⁠chopper⁠" Vishnyakov being transfer-listed few days later. The team is currently playing with Robert "⁠Patsi⁠" Isyanov and Aleksandr "⁠KaiR0N-⁠" Anashkin instead of the duo on their way out.

Astralis lock-in Danish talent

k0nfig, blameF join Astralis; ave to coach
Astralis actively offer Bubzkji to other organisations - Report

Bringing optimism back to Astralis after a disappointing 12-14th finish at the Major, the organization announced the signings of Kristian "⁠k0nfig⁠" Wienecke and Benjamin "⁠blameF⁠" Bremer while the tournament in Sweden was still in full force.

The duo was at the core of Complexity's success in 2020, and at 24 years of age, have a lot more to give. The in-game leadership duties will stay with four-time Major winner Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander, who will be assisted by head coach Alexander "⁠ave⁠" Holdt. Meanwhile, reports say Lucas "⁠Bubzkji⁠" Andersen is on his way out of the team.

Complexity dissolve roster

es3tag and jks transfer-listed by Complexity
Complexity part ways with blameF
poizon and Complexity part ways

Another team that was ended by not qualifying for the Major is Complexity. Valentin "⁠poizon⁠" Vasilev was the first one to exit, the news of blameF followed, but ultimately the team was left with just Luis "⁠peacemaker⁠" Tadeu as the coach and the duo of Justin "⁠jks⁠" Savage and Patrick "⁠es3tag⁠" Hansen who are transfer-listed. coldzera is a free agent after his short-term contract ran out.

The Juggernaut is no more

Rest of the news

enkay J joins BIG as head coach
nertz replaces Thomas on Endpoint
Report: Copenhagen Flames on sale for $500,000
arki returns to SAW roster
lollipop21k set for Nemiga exit
Sprout go international (again) with KEi, BERRY
Bad News Bears add Bwills
Galaxy Racer core create Savage
Norwi, Fierce, shalfey added to forZe
fer to 00Nation, HEN1 and LUCAS1 out
Sangal release Turkish core
smooya makes fnatic British
Astralis actively offer Bubzkji to other organizations
floppy returns to CS with Extra Salt
EXTREMUM bench roster
rallen and Snatchie go to Anonymo

Finally, here is a list of some of the most notable benched players, free agents, those reportedly out of their teams, and coaches looking for new opportunities.

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Source: https://www.hltv.org/news/32780/post-major-shuffle-tracker

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